Bug#664560: escputil crashes when querying ink or status if printer model not known

[Peter Chubb <peterc@gelato.unsw.edu.au>]

Package: escputil
Version: 5.2.6-1
Severity: normal

 I have a CX3900 printer as /dev/usb/lp0.

I do:
 sudo escputil -i -r /dev/usb/lp0
I see:
Escputil version 5.2.6, Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Robert Krawitz
Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l'
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details.
Epson CX3900: unknown printer
Segmentation Fault

escputil -e works beautifully.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages escputil depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.13-27    Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgutenprint2                5.2.7-5    runtime for the Gutenprint printer
ii  libncurses5                   5.9-1      shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libreadline6                  6.2-2      GNU readline and history libraries

escputil recommends no packages.

Versions of packages escputil suggests:
ii  gutenprint-locales            5.2.7-5    locale data files for Gutenprint

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